Chapter 25: Boss Dai’s Lifelong Enemy
“Director, what is this?” Zheng Yaoquan still felt somewhat puzzled after reading all the information.
“This matter is a long story.” Boss Dai sighed and said: “Four years ago, Director Xie and Deputy Director Yu formulated a long-term undercover plan when they held a secret agent training class in Shanghai.”
“However, to be honest, the success rate of this plan was too low. We had previously selected seven targets and trained them differently.”
“After that, only three people successfully infiltrated the Japanese camp. Alas, to tell the truth, the first two were exposed for different reasons and fell victim to the Japanese, and the last one’s whereabouts are unknown. I thought this undercover plan had completely failed.”
“The agent in your hand, codenamed Fuji Mountain, is the one I thought had met with an accident the earliest. He suddenly lost contact after completing the special training course.”
“It has been a full four years since the last message was sent. Even I thought he had been screened out and executed by the Special Higher Police Affairs like the other two.”
“It was only a few days ago, when Shanghai Station received a contact letter marked with a special code and sent it to Chongqing, that I discovered Fuji Mountain was still alive.”
“Over these four years, he has been living in Japan as a Kyushu University student, so he has not been in contact with us for a long time.”
“Now, he has issued a contact instruction. After thinking it over, I don’t trust handing this chess piece to anyone else; only you are reliable in handling matters.”
“I want you to be his commander and form an undercover team.”
“You can select a helper to serve as the liaison officer.”
After reading the information, Zheng Yaoquan nodded and said: “Director, rest assured. I will carefully select suitable personnel to go to Shanghai and make contact with Fuji Mountain.”
“By the way, Deputy Director Mao has asked me several times about the candidate for Shanghai Station Chief.”
“What is he asking about this for?” A trace of vigilance instantly appeared in Boss Dai’s eyes.
Zheng Yaoquan respectfully replied: “Deputy Director Mao was personally promoted by you, and he is still very dedicated to his work.”
“I think he probably has a candidate in mind but is afraid you will accuse him of overstepping, so he came to test my discretion.”
Boss Dai slightly raised his eyebrows: “Yaoquan, everyone says you are righteous, and you truly live up to that reputation.”
“You still don’t know what Qi Wu wants to do. Shanghai Station is the most important among the major stations in the South.”
“I see he is restless and wants to remove the ‘deputy’ from his title of Deputy Director of the Secretariat.”
Zheng Yaoquan hurriedly waved his hand: “Director, you are overthinking it. Brother Qi Wu probably doesn’t mean that.”
Boss Dai waved his hand: “Whether he does or not, you don’t need to worry about it. I will talk to him.”
Knock knock knock. As soon as Boss Dai finished speaking, another knock on the door sounded: “Report.”
Boss Dai gestured for Zheng Yaoquan to put away the documents in his hand before saying in a deep voice: “Come in.”
An officer wearing the uniform of a field-grade officer pushed open the office door and said: “Director, Deputy Director Mao has an urgent matter to report. What do you think?”
“Oh, let him in.”
“Director, I’ll take my leave first.” Zheng Yaoquan tactfully stood up, put the documents into his briefcase, saluted Boss Dai, and quickly left.
Moments later, the office door was pushed open again, and a round-faced middle-aged man entered.
“Director, Captain Tan of the Chongqing Detective Brigade has discovered important intelligence.”
“Nantian Yangzi has appeared.”
Hearing this name, Boss Dai’s body visibly trembled, and a ruthless expression appeared on his face.
Nantian Yangzi was Boss Dai’s old rival.
The grudge between the two had lasted for several years.
In the 25th year of the Republic of China, Nantian Yangzi disguised herself as Liao Yaquan. With the assistance of a Japanese secret agency, she posed as an unemployed youth. Relying on her beautiful appearance and graceful figure, she successfully passed the selection and entered the Tangshan Hot Spring Guesthouse.
Shortly after entering the guesthouse, she very coincidentally met Dean Dai of the Examination Yuan on a tree-lined small road.
Their relationship developed very quickly, to the point that Nantian Yangzi could openly ride in Dean Dai’s private car to enter and exit the Examination Yuan.
During this period, there were multiple secret leaks at the top levels of the National Government.
The one responsible for investigating the case at the time was the Director of the Second Division of the Party Affairs Investigation Section, who is now Boss Dai.
At first, Boss Dai thought it was just a simple intelligence leak and had Revival Society agents investigate people who might have had access to the intelligence recently.
Revival Society agents were very professional in this regard and locked onto the suspect in just a few days.
But because the matter involved Dean Dai and they had no solid evidence, no one dared to act rashly. Boss Dai made the decision to report it only after much consideration.
After the higher-ups understood the full sequence of events, they did not dare to make a hasty judgment, as there was no detailed evidence proving the matter was related to Dean Dai.
But to prevent leaks, they ultimately decided that “she shall not be allowed to attend any relevant meetings,” which cut off Nantian Yangzi’s path.
However, Nantian Yangzi did not give up. She soon seduced Secretary Huang of the Attendant Office.
And not just Secretary Huang—even his son was not spared. Both father and son boarded her pirate ship.
At the end of July in the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Blue Camp Government held the highest-level national defense meeting at the Mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen.
The meeting was of the highest confidentiality level, with records kept jointly by secretaries from the Attendant Office and the Executive Yuan.
But this meeting, touted as the highest confidentiality level, became the biggest joke.
Two hours after the meeting ended, the meeting content was already on the desk of Major Nakamura Qi, the military attaché at the Japanese Embassy in Nanjing.
This also allowed the Seventh Fleet of the Japanese Navy Marine Corps to act first, causing the National Government’s painstakingly researched fortress blockade plan to fail.
And Nakamura Qi was rewarded by the homeland for this top secret information, rising from attendant military attaché to deputy consul.
As the high-level leaks increased, someone in the higher-ups finally couldn’t sit still and instructed Boss Dai to secretly arrest Nantian Yangzi.
After receiving Boss Dai’s instruction, Revival Society agents raided the Tangshan Hot Spring Guesthouse overnight and captured Nantian Yangzi who hadn’t had time to escape.
But just as Boss Dai was preparing to secretly execute Nantian Yangzi, the two directors of the Party Affairs Investigation Section took her to Nanjing Laohuqiao Central Prison under the pretext of interrogation.
Just three days after being captured, Nantian Yangzi used her beauty and gold bars to bribe the then-prison warden of Laohuqiao Prison, Song Shiming.
Under his instructions, Song Shiming used another female prisoner in the prison as a body double, fabricating the illusion of her committing suicide out of guilt.
And so, less than five days after being captured, this legendary Japanese female spy swaggered out of Nanjing Laohuqiao Central Prison and boarded a ship returning to the homeland.
It was thought that everything had been done seamlessly, but Song Shiming underestimated the abilities of Revival Society agents.
Boss Dai’s subordinates quickly disproved the claim that the suicide victim was Nantian Yangzi through fingerprints and physical characteristics.
Upon hearing this news, Boss Dai broke out in a cold sweat.
Before he could even submit his report, those two from the Chen family had already played a trick on him, accusing him of lax custody that allowed Nantian Yangzi to escape.
Boss Dai was utterly speechless and wanted to cry.
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